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Computer program product for handling communication link problems between a first communication means and a second communication means

US8943365B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Sascha Junghans · Herrenberg, DE
Andreas C. Koenig · Rockford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2013
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/0793
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program product for handling communication link problems between a first communication means and a second communication means. Data signals, control signals and/or error information are transferred between the first communication means and the second communication means using the communication link. The method includes activating a static identification pattern in the first communication means representing an error information, and stopping a clock signal (Clk) inside the first communication means to freeze a present error condition, in response to a communication link problem being detected, and transferring the activated static identification pattern permanently and/or repeatedly to the second communication means using the communication link.

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